"Mr. Biden called himself a 'car junkie,' and said he wished he could go out on the floor and look at some of the cars. In addition to the Corvette, he said he was excited about Ford's new aluminum-bodied F-150 and GM's Cadillac ATS.

"After the speech, according to the pool report, Mr. Biden visited the Ford stand, where he met Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. and Rep. John Dingell (D., Mich.). 'Thank you for saving our ass,' Mr. Biden told Mr. Ford, apparently referring to the 2008-2009 auto crisis, when company was the only one of the Big 3 to not seek a government bailout."

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